ISDE Finland 2011

Today was pretty bitchin! I got to roll around with Brian Garrahan all day. The dude is intense, we drove around and walked tests, laughing the whole way. We went to a test that was close to the border of Russia, where there was some crazy old tanks, bunkers, hideouts, all from the Battle between Russia and Finland during WWII, it was crazy. This was all before we crossed the street, and began walking the test. The test was in the midst of battlefield, there was huge boulders blocking a hole in a big concrete wall for shooting out of. We will literally be riding directly through a battlefield, right around bunkers, 6' trenches, and hideouts...Gnarly. On the way home we proceeded to find 3 or 4 motocross tracks, and two or three rally car tracks, one of which Garrahan and I had to pin it around on the rental car for a little, kinda hard with traction control, that pissed us off. Big let down. We continued home, pulling off at every motocross track we saw, just like kids in a candy store, with severe cases of ADD. We made it home eventually, and went to opening ceremonies. They weren't too exciting, but it's super cool walking in front of a ton of people, with the fastest racers in the world surrounding you on all sides. Tomorrow is the final preparation day, then its game time. Thanks for reading,

Max Gerston